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Language of Description: English

  1. US Army advances at Iwo Jima

    Staff Film Report no. 46; Combat Bulletin, no. 46. (with intertitles) Reel 4: 08:46:30 "Pacific - Ulithi Anchorage" Shows aerial views of many ships anchored at Ulithi Harbor in the Carolines. Shows activities at an emergency landing field on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines. Guerillas help fuel and hide planes. 08:48:41 "Pacific - Iwo Jima" Troops and supplies reinforce Iwo Jima under enemy fire. Carrier planes bomb the island; ships and artillery shell caves. Shows dead Japanese and the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi.

  2. Министерство авиации Германии, г. Берлин

    • Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Berlin)
    • RLM
    • Ministry of Aviation

    Leaflets, photos of airplanes, intelligence reports

  3. Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly

    Freedom and Food cover story with a photographic image of woman standing in front of barbed wire fence, holding a box of rations.

  4. US Army drills

    Roll 0007

  5. US airmen

    US airmen standing around in the middle of a street, joking and laughing, there is a garbage can with a fire inside it. "11th SQDN" (?) posted next to doorway. CU, US soldier sits in a covered jeep. Jeep with "...HQ 2" on bumper. The men stand in a circle looking at papers. Sign on far building, "...Dispensary". Some get into the back of a covered jeep. On the corner, boys shine the shoes of a soldier.

  6. Pin

    1. Jack and Hedi Justus Grootkerk family collection

    Pin worn by Jacques Grootkerk on his military uniform while a member of the Princess Irene Brigade in 1942. The pin depicts a lion.

  7. YD Grapevine (Fort Jackson, South Carolina) [Newspaper]

    1. US Army newspaper collection

    Issue of the YD Grapevine, the newspaper of the 26 Infantry Division, the Yankee Division.

  8. Clip

    1. Jack and Hedi Justus Grootkerk family collection

    Clip worn by Jacques Grootkerk on his military uniform while a member of the Princess Irene Brigade in 1942. The pin depicts a lion and the word Nederland.

  9. 100 lire scrip

    1. Gerald Schwab collection

    100 lire scrip, series 1943, issued in Italy as Allied Military Currency. The scrip has several signatures on the front.

  10. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button. "Jap Hunting License/Open Season/No Limit." Lettering around image of a Japanese person with stereotypical features and a red star on his military cap.

  11. Wilhelm Fahrmbacher

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (19 September 1888 – 27 April 1970) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fahrmbacher was captured by American troops in 1945, he was handed over to French forces and held until 1950. After his release he served as a military advisor in Egypt."--wikipedia. Newspaper clippings, biography

  13. Gordon Gollob

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    Gordon Gollob (1912-1987), was an Austrian colonel in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. This single-page document gives information about a Wiener archive’s envelope that contains a newspaper article about Gollob's military career, published by "Echo der Woche" in 1952.

  14. Anti Nazi Germans: Erich Arp & Arthur Geissler

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Proceedings of English military court at Hamburg against Hans Arthur Geissler and Erich Arp of Elmshorn, for exceeding their powers of their Anti-Nazi commitee during the time of liberation, 1945. Included are photocopies of personal documents of Erich Arp.

  15. Sudovi Oružanih snaga NDH

    • Court-martial of the Independent State of Croatia

    The collection consists of the writings of some of the military courts of the ISC/NDH from the period 1941-1945, with data on military-judicial practices of the Independent State Of Croatia (reports on criminal cases, the statements on the proclamation of penalties).

  16. Various documents regarding the Jewish problem in Bessarabia

    1. Administrative office of Bessarabia, Bukovina and "Transnistra"
    • Diverse documente referitoare la problema evreiască din Basarabia
    • Различные документы, касающиеся еврейского вопроса в Бессарабии

    Memoranda regarding the Jewish problem in Bessarabia. List of contents. Rules and regulations for the organization of Ghettos. Results of inspections of military personnel accused of accepting bribes and favoring Jews in the Ghettos. Orders and instructions for deportation of Jews from the Ghettos to the Bug river. Confiscation of gold, jewelry and currency and handling by the National Bank agents and the military of those goods. Handling and administration of Jewish assets left after their evacuation.

  17. Zbirka četničkih dokumenata

    • Collection of Chetnik records

    Records were created by Chetnik military units and authorities in Herzegovina from 1941 to 1945. Chetnik groups were involved in civil war against Communist Partisans and acted as collaborators of German and Italian forces. Includes reports and orders of Chetnik HQ for eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, military action information, arrests, reports about political situation in Herzegovina, status of Chetnik units, reports of intelligence officers, etc.

  18. Correspondence with Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding various issues including among others: information requests on West German military officers as well as the ambassador in London; the rearmament of West Germany; the state of the memorials at Buchenwald and other former concentration camp sites. In its response to the AJEX request on the latter the Library provides a detailed description of the state of the Bergen-Belsen memorial.

  19. Rattner and Breindler families collection

    The Rattner and Breindler families collection consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting the families of Beno Rattner and Edith Breindler in Vienna, the couple’s lives and marriage in England, and their parents’ unsuccessful efforts to emigrate. Biographical materials include Beno’s German passport, two of Edith’s British passports, birth and registration records, Beno’s World War II military papers, and certificates documenting the deportation of Beno’s parents. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Beno and Edith in England from their parents in Vienna. The lett...

  20. Die Judenbrücke I

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the first part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medical staff.